Garment hanger



March 22,1938. EGWLLOT v2,111,772y

GARMENT HANGER Filed Dec. 28, 193e Patented Mar. 22,` 193s 'I Y .I l i 2,111,772

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE u GARMENT HANGER Eugene Guillot, Helena, Mont.

Application December 28, 1936, Serial No. 117,959

1 Claim. (Cl. 223-88) The present invention relates to improvements like or corresponding parts throughout the in garment hangers, and has for an `object to several views,

provide an improved wire hanger for coats, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedtrousers, dressesand other garments that-will be garment hanger constructed in accordance with particularly useful to pressing and cleaning the present invention. 5

establishments as supports for the cleaned and Figure 2 is an edge view of the same. pressed garments in the act of returning 'those Figure 3 shows a plan view of a detail, and garments to the customers. v Figure 4 is an edge view also of a detail.

Another object of the invention is to provide a Referring more particularly to the drawing wire coat hanger having an improved form and and for the present to Figures 1 and 2, 5 desi'g- 10 shape as to its upper b ar in order to conform nates the Alower bar of 'a wire garment hanger ,more properly to the shape of the shoulders of a which is of a conventional construction, it being coat to be placed thereon.-` understood that the hanger may be made from A further object of the invention is to provide a wire of suitable gauge. l5 supporting loop at the top of the improved gar- The upper bar represented generally at Sis, 15

ment hanger with a bill vto readily `receive and however, fashioned more to the proper shape of retain a card with the name `and address of the the shoulders of a mans coat or overcoat than is customer to whom such garment is to be dethe conventional bar, in that the central portion livered, such bill being used also by the customer l of this upper bar is elevated to a relatively by impaling a piece of paper or a card contalngreat extentover the end portions of the bar and ing instructions to the cleaner or presser upon the connecting parts 8 between the end portions such bill. of the bar and the neck portion 1 are abruptly A further object of the invention resides in proturned up from the end portions to the neck'porviding a lateral supplementary hanger, prefertion 1. Thus the neck portion 1 will conform ably' on the shank of the hanger, associated with better to the shape and height of the collar of a 25 a loop to enable a deliveryman to hook a numcoat and will lift the collar to its proper elevaber of the hangers together for convenience in tion, namely that .elevation it assumes when it is carrying, and to keep an order of several garments on the person for whom it was tailored. Usually for one customer together ,to the end that miscoat collars sag on garment hangers which takes in delivery will be avoided. destroys the shape of the collars and adjacent 30 Afurther object of the invention, in connection portions and immediately after pressing produces with the use of the bill and supplementary wrinkles in the garment so that it is very dimhanger, is that these elements may contain a cultto deliver garments upon conventiorial coat card or `other data sheet bearing the name and hangers which are in the same neat condition as address of the customer. This is important in when they are taken -rom the ironing table. 35 cleaning and pressing establishments where a The abruptly curved portions 8 of the hanger great many garments are suspended on the wall also assist to maintain the collar in its proper or on a horizontal pole to enable the garments position and to separate and support the shoulder to be readily identified and selected for the purportions of the coat in and about the collar parts. pose of delivering. These parts 1 and Bof the hanger insure that the 40 A still further object ofthe invention resides garment is delivered into the customers hands in providing an improved' construction of wire in a much better condition which is commercially garment hanger in which the loop, bill and very important. supplementary hanger will be formed in a novel The loop of the garment hanger is indicated 4;, manner which will increase the strength of these at 9 and the same may be either engaged with a 45 parts as well as that of the shank of the garpole I0 or a support ll'projecting out at right ment hangen-and also prevent sharp edges of the angles from the walls. This loop is on the upper hook and bill from presenting themselves too portion of a. shank. The shank is formed in this freely or toc conspicuously to injure the hands of case by twisted portions of the wire of which the user. the hanger is made, it being understood that this 50 With the foregoing and other objects in view, vhanger is completely made from a single strand the invention will be more fully described hereinor length of wire, one end of which terminates after, and will be more particularly pointed out vat the free open end of the loop 9, and is rein the claim appended hereto. versely bent upon the adjacent free end of such In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to loop in order to form and constitute abill I2, 55

preferably wider at its bight portion I3 and more constricted at its mouth I4. 'I'he terminal end of the bill I2 is cut oiI or illed of! diagonally as indicated at I from a high point upon the outer side of the bill down to a low point upon the inner side of such bill. f

'I'his produces a more or less sharp point on which cards, or pieces of paper may be impaled upon the bill and moved down into the bight portion I3 thereof where such cards and the like may exhibit the instructions contained thereon as to the cleaning or pressing, or mending of the garment delivered on the garment hanger to the cleaning, pressing or repairing establishment. also contain instructions as to when the delivery of the garment is desired. Due to the round cross-sectional configuration of the wire strand, thecircumferential edges of the diagonally cut terminal end I5 of thebill will provide successive cutting edges acting to cut through the paper or card very readily in the act of forcing the same downwardly over the bill I2. The form of the bill I2 and the constricted neck I4 will tend tov prevent the working of the card or the paper backwardly oil said bill. In other words, the form of thebill will minimize the loss of such card or paper, due to the fact that the card or paper will hang down from thebight of the bill and will have to work itself upwardly against the action of gravity in order to come opposite the constricted mouth I4, which as the last measure would tend to bind the card or paper against coming completely off the free end I5. i

The other end portion of the wire strand which forms the garment hanger is formed into a supplementary hanger, the outer bar of which is designated at I6 and the'inner bar at I1.' These bars are coupled together at their lower ends by the rounded bight portion I8. .The space between the bars I6 and I l at their upper ends is open. The inner bar I1 connects at its upper end with the shank of the garment hanger. This shank, as before stated, is composed of the two twisted strands I9 and 20. 'I'he strand 20 comes up from one neck portion 1 of the hanger to a central point and is then carried upwardly in spiral formA until it merges with the lower part of theloop 9 into which it is turned into' substantially circular formation. The companion twisted strand I9,

also Amerges at its lower end with the opposite collar portion 'I of the upper-bar of the hanger,

- and at its upper end with the upper part of the inner bar I'I of the supplementary hanger, it being clear that a bow 2| is made in the wire in connectingthe strand I9 with the inner hook bar I'I, such bow passing over the companion twisted strand 20 and receiving support and lstrength for the supplementary hanger not only from its rest upon this under portion of the strand 2U but also from the entire shank, and the shank is composed of twisted Wires which are much stronger than a single verticalwire according to the conventional construction.

Thus, we have a doubly reinforced and strengthened support for the supplementary hanger and a support, including the twisted wires ofA the shank which tends to prevent the shank from either sagging or collapsing or being bent out of` `its proper vertical alinement. These are all important considerations when it is understood that, in use, a number of garment hangers of the improved construction may be mounted one beside the other with the supporting loop 9 of one Yhanger engaging in the supplementary Such card or piece of paper may loop 9 through the open mouth and between the bars I6 and I1 of the supplementary hanger until ythe loop 9 rests upon the bottom of the supplementary hangeror the bight I9. 'I'his second hanger with its weight of garments is thus supported in position by the combined strength of the supplementary hanger, the bow 2| and the twisted shank I9, 2l. Y A third garment hanger n iay have its loop portion 9 ntted in the supplementary hanger of the second garment hanger. In this way quite a number of garment hangers may be hooked upon one another and they may all be 'conveniently carried about by a deliveryman whose hand need only engage'the loop 9 of the rst hanger. 'I'he convenience of this arrangement is enhanced by the fact that one garment hangerwill be stepped down from its supporting garment hanger and it will be comparatively easy to disengage the hangers from one another. In this way a number of garments all going to one address and supported upon a number of the hangers may be all associated together for purposesofa single delivery in which confusion and mistake will be avoided.

The outer bar I6 of the supplementary hanger is also preferably cut on a diagonal line at its is mounted upon Va support in a closet, such for instance as the support II, the bar I6 will extend outwardly more so than will the bill I2, and in this case the bar vI6 may receive the card or Paper containing the customers name, address and his instructions with respect to the garment. The lower bar 5 may carry suitable devices for holding trousers or any otherarticles of apparel.

Such devices consists of slidable clamps having notched portions 22 to slide upon the bar 5 and with spring legs 23 and`24 having clamping eyes or jaws 25'and 26 turned upwardly and diagonally in convergent relation between the legs and in position to clamp portionsof a garment therebetween and be squeezed together thereon in a substantially parallel relation upon opposite sides of the garment; this squeezing action taking place by any suitable means Vfor instance by the clamp 21 riding down vupon the legs 23 and 24, which as shown in Figure 3 are given an initial spring outwardly in a divergent bar 'I has overturned ends 28 and 29 embracing the legs 23 and 24 in such fashion that the clamps 2l may' raised to release the jaws 25 and 26 and the garment retained thereby, or lowered to cause 'che jaws 25 and 26 to clamp the garment therebetween.

The improved hangers may be made to conform to womens and children's sizes; and may also be finished in various colors. y

It is obvious that various changes and modications may bemade inl the details of construction and design of the 'above speciiically described embodiment of this'inventmion without departing from the spirit thereof, suchchanges and modications beingrestricted only by the scope of the following claim:-

What is claimed is:-

In improved garment hanger comprising a single strand of wire of round section bent to provide coat sustaining members having a high cenrelation. The clamp' tral collar supporting portion with end portions o! the wire meeting in such collar portion and being twisted together upwardly therefrom to form a, shank,v a supporting loop fashioned from one end ofthe wire above the shankkand in the same plane as the hanger.: av supplementary hanger between the loop portion and collar s upporting portion fashioned from the other free end portion of the wire' and Vcomprising two bars both vertical and of substantially equal length spaced from one another and connected together at their lower portions by a narrow closed bight. said s'up.-

plementary hanger lying in Vclose proximity to' the shank and at right angles to the supporting loop and nrst mentioned hanger.' -v l EUGENE UILIT. 

